Birgus latro, Coconut crab : fisheries
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Birgus latro   (Linnaeus, 1767)

Coconut crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Coenobitidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल; खारा; गहराई सीमा 0 - 5 m (संदर्भ 96667).  Tropical; 9°N - 28°S

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm 2.5, range 2 - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm CW पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 128393); अधिकतम प्रकाशित वज़न: 4.0 kg (संदर्भ 128393); अधिकतम सूचित उम्र: 40 वर्षो (संदर्भ 128420)

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Supratidal. Terrestrial crab that lives in oceanic islets, atolls, islands and coastal areas (Ref. 122297). Supratidal and terrestrial. Scavenger. Frugivore (Ref. 8423).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Davie, P.J.F. 2002 Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In A. Wells and W.W.K. Houston (eds.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia xiv 641 p. (संदर्भ 8423)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Poisonous to eat (संदर्भ 130567)

Human uses

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साधन

अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Distribution
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Taxonomy
आम नाम
उपशब्द
आकृति विज्ञान
तस्वीरे
संदर्भ

इंटरनेट स्रोत

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, खोज) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.3 - 29.4, mean 28.5 (based on 1113 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).